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W. R. WATROUS.

MANICURE IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION man FEB. 1. ms.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

NVE TOR. M I BY x M I ATTORNEY.

UN TTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. WATROUS, OF CHESTER, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO J. BATES & SON,A.

FIRM COMPOSED OF CARLTON J. BATES AND HAMILTON C. BATES, OF CHESTER,CON- NECTIGUT.

MANICURE IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, -WILLIAM R. WVATRoUs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedManicure Implement, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to the class of implements commonlyknown as emery boards, and an object of my invention, among others, isto provide such an implement of this kind that shall be extremelyconvenient in use and that shall embody a plurality of emery boards soconstructed that they may be conveniently renewed from time to time.

One form of implement embodying my invention and in the construction anduse of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a side view of my improved implement, showing one of the emery boardsextended for use and the others partially opened out.

Fig. 2 is an edge view showing the emery boards disconnected from thehandle.

Fig. 3 is a detail view, scale enlarged, on plane passing laterallythrough the implement and through the axis of the emery boards.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5 indicates the handle of myimproved implement, that is preferably made from some resilientmaterial, as celluloid or the like, such handle being of U-shape incross section and having an opening 6 at one end and a lip 7 partiallyclosing its opposite end, the front edge being open. Pivot studs 8 aresecured preferably to each of the side parts near the open end 6, thesestuds, in the structure herein shown, being headed, as by riveting, tosecure them in place. They extend inwardly a short distance only, leaveing a space 9 between their inner ends.

A number of emery boards or blades 10 are pivotally secured together sothat they may be separately swung upon their pivots.

This pivot preferably embodies a pivot sleeve 11 passing through theboards or blades and having flanges or heads 12 at its ends topermanently secure the boards to the pivot sleeve, that is, so that saidsleeve and boards may be removed with the latter in place on the sleeve.

These boards are of a thickness, and the sleeve is of a length greaterthan the space 9 between the inner ends of the studs and the side parts12 of the handle will, therefore, be required to be sprung apartsufficiently to enable the sleeve to be placed upon the studs 8, thelatter projecting a short distance into the ends of the sleeve when theforce required for springing the sides apart is released, the normalposition being shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

It will be seen from my improved construction that a number of bladesare provided which may be successively used as they are all worn out,and when they have been worn out a new set may be readily in serted inplace in the handle.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I havedescribed the principles of operation of my invention, together with thedevice which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof;but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is onlyillustrative, and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

I claim 1. An implement comprising a handle having resilient side parts,a pivot, and a plurality of blades secured to said pivot irrespective ofsaid handle and for separate pivotal movement thereon, said handle andpivot being constructed to removably secure the pivot through the agencyof the resiliency of the side parts of the handle.

2. An implement comprising "a handle having resilient side parts, apivot embodying sockets at each end thereof, means upon the handle toenter said sockets to removably secure the pivot in place, and aplurality of blades permanently mounted on the pivot irrespective ofsaid handle and sockets to removably secure the pivot in for separatepivotal movement thereon. place, and a plurality of blades mounted on 3.An implement comprising a handle said pivot and permanently securedthereto having resilient side parts, a pivot embodyindependently of andapart from said 10 5 ing sockets in opposite ends thereof, studs handle.

upon the resilient side parts to enter said WILLIAM R. WATROUS.

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